单词 | cowbane |
释义 | cowbane[ kou-beyn ] / ˈkaʊˌbeɪn / nounany of several poisonous plants of the parsley family, as Oxypolis rigidior, of swampy areas of North America, or the water hemlock, Cicuta maculata. Origin of cowbaneFirst recorded in 1770–80; cow1 + bane Words nearby cowbanecoward, cowardice, cowardly, cowash, cow bail, cowbane, cowbell, cowberry, cowbind, cowbird, cowboy Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cowbane
British Dictionary definitions for cowbanecowbane / (ˈkaʊˌbeɪn) / nounAlso called: water hemlock any of several N temperate poisonous umbelliferous marsh plants of the genus Cicuta, esp C. virosa, having clusters of small white flowers a similar and related plant, Oxypolis rigidior of the southeastern and central US any umbelliferous plant reputed to be poisonous to cattle Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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